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. 2020 Feb 28;4:16. doi: 10.1186/s41687-020-0181-7

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

Participant Characteristics (n = 1594)
Mean [SD]
Participant age (years) 59.3 [13.0]
Years since diagnosis 29.0 [21.6]
PROMIS v1.0 Short Form 4a T-scores
 Fatigue 55.4 [10.4]
 Anxiety 51.7 [8.9]
 Depression 50.1 [8.8]
 Pain Interference 55.0 [9.7]
n (%)
Diagnosis
 Multiple sclerosis 509 (31.9)
 Muscular dystrophy 282 (17.7)
 Post-polio syndrome 389 (24.4)
 Spinal cord injury 414 (26.0)
Gender
 Female 1017 (63.8)
 Male 576 (36.1)
 Did not respond 1 (0.1)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 1454 (91.2)
 Other 128 (8.0)
 Did not respond 12 (0.8)
Education
 Some high school or less 23 (1.4)
 High school grad/GED 189 (11.9)
 Some college/vocational or technical degree 476 (29.9)
 College degree 499 (31.3)
 Graduate or professional degree 405 (25.4)
 Did not respond 2 (0.1)